| In association with |
 |
|
Learn to COOK - The Best Recipes in the World
|
List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $19.77
Your Save: $ 10.18 ( 34% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Broadway
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59
EAN: 9780767906722
ISBN: 0767906721
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 768
Publication Date: 2005-10-11
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: 2005-10-11
Studio: Broadway
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
With his million-copy bestseller How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman made the difficult doable. Now he makes the exotic accessible.
In this highly ambitious, accomplished, globe-spanning work, Bittman gathers the best recipes that people from dozens of countries around the world cook every day. And when he brings his distinctive no-frills approach to dishes that were once considered esoteric, America's home cooks will eagerly follow where they once feared to tread.
In more than a thousand recipes, Bittman compellingly demonstrates that there are many places besides Italy and France to which cooks can turn for inspiration. In addition to these favorites, he covers Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Germany, and other European destinations, giving us easy ways to make dishes like Spanish Mushroom and Chicken Paella, Greek Roast Leg of Lamb with Thyme and Orange, Russian Borscht, and Swedish Äppletorte.
Asian food now rivals European cuisine’s popularity, and this book reflects that: It’s the first to emphasize European and Asian cuisines equally, with easy-to-follow recipes for favorites like Vietnamese Stir-Fried Vegetables with Nam Pla, Pad Thai, Japanese Salmon Teriyaki, Chinese Black Bean and Garlic Spareribs, and Indian Tandoori Chicken. Nor is the rest of the world ignored: there are hundreds of recipes from North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America, too. All will be hits with home cooks looking to add exciting new tastes and cosmopolitan flair to their everyday repertoire.
Shop locally, cook globally–Mark Bittman makes it so easy:
• Hundreds of recipes that can be made ahead or prepared in under 30 minutes
• Informative sidebars and instructional drawings explain unfamiliar techniques and ingredients
• Fifty-two international menus, an extensive International Pantry section, and much more make this an essential addition to any cook’s shelf
The Best Recipes in the World is destined to be a classic that will change the way Americans think about everyday food. It’s simply like no other cookbook in the world.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great book.
Comment: Mark Bittman is FANTASTIC. I can enthusiastically recommend any of his books, and this one is no exception. This book has more of a "world cuisine" focus than his others, and is a great resource for someone trying to venture out into new culinary territory.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Warning: NOT a companion book to the Bittman PBS series of the same name
Comment: I ordered this book because I thought it would be the companion cookbook to Bittman's PBS cooking show of the same name "The Best Recipes in the World With Mark Bittman of the New York Times." I was dissapointed to find that was not the case. Specifically, I was looking for the paella and the ravioli recipes I'd seen cooked on the show. The paella contained rabbit, chicken, tomato, rice, rosemary and beans. The rabbit and chicken version is considered to be the true original Valenciana paella by purists. The ravioli recipe was made by Paola Di Mauro containing a simple ricotta filling and a sauce made only from tomatoes and basil. Neither recipe is in the book. Instead "the original" paella in Bittman's book contains is a shrimp version, and there's second paella recipe with chicken and mushrooms. The two ravioli recipes are a spinach/ricotta and a vegetarian version. I'm stymied why that's the case, and why create a cooking show with the same title as the book only to have completely different recipes. I find this inexcusable since the book is advertised on the show. I feel cheated. I had to find the Di Mauro ravioli recipe and the paella recipe by googling. One star for false advertising.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Let your International Flavor sing
Comment: I bought this cookbook for my wife and my sister in law and they both really love it. The recipies range from simple to complex but they are all interesting to the palate. Thanks
Customer Rating:
Summary: terrific cookbook with an interesting challenge
Comment: I think the cookbook is great and very useful. We've been able to go to an Indian restaurant, or a Malaysian restaurant, or a Mexican restaurant and try something we love, and then find a similar recipe in this book...at least enough for an inspiration. The recipes we have tried have been top-notch.
My only small complaint with this book is the organization. It is laid out like a normal cookbook: appetizers, soups, meats, poultry, desserts, etc., which is fine, but I think makes this book hard to get through if you're reading it as a source for new things to try. For example, it's not normal for my girlfriend and I to decide that we want to make "poultry" for dinner, we usually decide we want "italian" or "Thai" food, or whatever. In this book, since it is organized like a regular cookbook, you need to look through "poultry" recipes, the first might be Korean, the next from France, etc. It just makes things a little tricky for planning. Other than that, we love the book. If you want a book that you can use to find classic recipes from around the world, this is a good start.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sophisticated yet Easy
Comment: The Best Recipes in the World has recipes ranging from exotic to familiar, are easy to comprehend and in execution prove to be accurate regarding successful and tasty results.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
